Sight-Size Drawing Lesson 9: Final Long Pose Figure Project

[New Masters Academy]

In this lesson, you will learn to draw a full-valued figure. Along with the instructor, you will go all the way from lighting set-up and choosing a

model’s pose to defining and organizing shadow and halftone values.

Academies and ateliers around the world are increasingly teaching an American realist approach to drawing and painting known as sight-size or classical realism.

Hosted by Florence Academy of Art founder Daniel Graves, this massive course is the most comprehensive breakdown of the sight-size approach ever produced online.

By the end of this course, you’ll be an expert in the approach and be ready to take on Sight-Size Painting Course, scheduled for a 2020 release.

[gil_mello]

I am now on section 12, which is right on the middle of this lesson 9…I think it is taking way too long, I would hope to have at least all the body shades finalized by now. I give credits to both the teacher and the model for standing their lesson strength so far, but still think this could be done in much shorter lesson span.

G. Mello

[gil_mello]

I am approaching the end of this lesson 9, and very much impressed by the artist’s skill, his charcoal drawing is very fine indeed. I just think that this lesson was much too long for the viewers (probably for the artist and model, too), I had to rush the video slide many times forward to cut down on tedious molecular steps in the process. All in all, I think this is useful for a beginner who is not at all used to charcoal drawing. I did not see the artist using any materials other than charcoal and kneading eraser during the drawing, I think he could make use of a small sponge to smooth out light areas in the figure while adjusting middle values and light transitions around the form, just a thought.

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